Pitch Report:
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
This wicket is expected to be batting-friendly as per the last match. Afghanistan can score in the range of 180-200 if they bat first.
In the IPL matches, this wicket was neutral however in the last match bowlers were not getting any support from it.
Last match score:
Afg: 198/5, Zim: 150/7
Good Options of Captaincy:
- Karim Janat
- R Gurbaz
- Rashid Khan
- M Nabi
- Sean Williams
Good Captains in the GL:
- Naveen Ul Haq
- Fareed Malik
- Amir Hamza
- Usman Ghani
Afghanistan Team Preview:
Afghanistan team is looking very strong on the paper despite the absence of Mujeeb Rahman and as expected they have won the first match.
They are expected to go with the same playing 11.
Probable11 of Afghanistan:
- Karim Janat: RHB+RAM
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w): RHB
- Asghar Afghan: RHB
- Usman Ghani: RHB
- H Shahidi: LHB
- Najibullah Zadran: LHB
- Mohammad Nabi: RHB+RAO
- Rashid Khan(c): RHB+RAL
- Naveen-ul-Haq: RAM
- Amir Hamza: LAO
- Fareed Malik: LAM
M Nabi and Najibullah can be promoted any time for big-hitting.
W Madhvere is expected to bowl some overs against Left-Handers Shahidi and Najibullah.
Team Break Up:
Main Batters: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), A Afghan, M Nabi, Karim Janat
Main Spinners: Rashid Khan and M Nabi
Main Pacers: Naveen-ul-Haq, Fareed Malik, Karim Janat
Death overs: Any 2 of Naveen Ul Haq/Karim Janat/Fareed Malik. In the last match, Karim Janat and Fareed Malik bowled in the death.
Performance in this series:
- R Gurbaz: 87
- K Janat: 26,
- A Afghan: 55,
- N Nabi: 7+24/0(2),
- R Khan: 7+28/3(4),
- N Zadran: 0*,
- U Ghani: 0*
- N Ul Haq: 27/0(3),
- A Hamza: 19/0(3),
- F Ahmad: 31/2(4),
- K Janat: 14/2(4),
Players Stats and Recent Performances(Before the start of the tournament):
R Gurbaz(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 104 R, 52.0 A, 146.5 SR
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 10 M, 10 I, 332 R, 33.20 A, 140.67 LAST FIVE MATCHES SCORES(T10): 47, 26, 17, 14, 13,
A Zazai(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 9 R, 9.0 A, 42.09 SE
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 19 M, 18 I, 364 R, 33.09 A, 106.12 SR
LAST FIVE MATCHES SCORE(DOM): 19, 2, 33, 22, 46
N Zadran(LHB):
H2H: 7 I, 138 R, 27.6 A, 150.0 SR
VENUE: 3 I, 26 R, 26.0 A, 118.2 SR
CAREER STATS(T20I): 60 M, 51 I, 976 R, 31.48 A, 140.63 SR
LAST FIVE MATCHES SCORE(T10): 12, 1, 9, 6, 45,
A Afghan(RHB):
H2H: 8 I, 96 R, 12.0 A, 124.07 SR
VENUE: 5 I, 144 R, 22.8 A, 116.3 SR
CAREER STATS(T20I): 69 M,63 I, 1248 R, 21.15 A, 107.58 SR
LAST FIVE MATCHES SCORE(ODI): 6, 21, 41, (T20D): 38, 6, 95, 23,
U Ghani(RHB, (LHB, One of the top run-scorers of the last domestic T20 trophy)):
H2H: 4 I, 125 R, 31.2 A, 109.6 SR
VENUE: 3 I, 84 R, 28.0 A, 115.1 SR
CAREER STATS(T20I): 20 M, 20 I, 463 R, 24.36 A, 107.42 SR and (T20D): 42 M, 42 I, 1219 R, 31.25 A, 115.76 SR
LAST FIVE MATCHES SCORE(T20D): 57, 40, 11, 42, 64,
H Shahidi(LHB, One of the top run-scorers of the last domestic T20 trophy):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 31 M, 30 I, 823 R, 39.19 A, 119.27 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 82, 10, (DOM): 15, 26, 61,
M Nabi(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 9 I, 275 R, 39.3 A, 167.7 SR and 9 I, 26 O, 6 W,
CAREER STATS(T20I): 78 M,72 I, 1347 R, 22.08 A, 145.30 SR+ 77 I, 260 O, 69 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 30, 7+26/1, 13+15/0, 57+31/0, 67+12/0,
K Janat(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE: 1 I, 22 R, 122.2 SR+ 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
T20I: 25 M, 15 I, 168 R, 12.92 A, 103.06 SR+ 24 I, 82 O, 24 W,
LAST FIVE MATCHES SCORE(T10): 13/0, 18/2, 20/1, 11/1, 20/0,
S Ashraf(RHB+LAO):
H2H: 2 I, 19 R, 9.5 A, 105.6 SR+ 2 I, 6 O, 2 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 8 M, 4 I, 28 R, 9.33 A, 96.55 SR+ 8 I, 25 O, 5 W,
LAST FIVE MATCHES SCORE(DOME): 38/1, 29/5, 23+39/2, 30/1, 3+60/2, 2+55/2,(T10): 3, 11, 13,
R Khan(RAL):
H2H: 3 I, 23 R, 23.0 A, 164.3 SR+ 9 I, 36 O, 13 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O, 4 W,
LAST MATCHES SCORE(ODI): 55+56/2, 49/1, 48+29/4,(T20D): 27+14/0, 30/1,
Naveen Ul Haq(RAM, Wicket taking Bowler, Took 8 wickets in the 3 match ODI series against Ireland):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 5 M, 5 I, 19 O, 10 W,
LAST 5 MATCHES SCORE(T10): 23/0, 21/1, 20/2, 6/2, 21/1(ODI): 68/3, 42/4, 45/1,
I Zadran(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 23 M, 18 I, 418 R, 29.85 A, 120.80 SR+ 13 I, 29.5 O, 6 W,
Amir Hamza(LAO):
H2H:
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O, 5 W,
T20I: 31 I, 105 O, 29 W,
LAST MATCHES SCORE(T20D): 10/3, 35/2, 28/0, 20/2, 22/3,
Fazal Haq Farooqi(LAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
LISTA: 6 I, 47 O, 6 W,
Fareed Ahmad Malik(LAM):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O,1 W,
T20I: 14 I, 46.5 O, 16 W,
Zimbabwe Team Preview:
They are looking very weak on the paper. They will surely miss the experience of B Taylor in the top order. Most of the performance of the team will depend on Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, and B Muzarbani.
Probable11:
- T Kamunhukamwe: RHB
- T Musakanda: RHB
- Sean Williams: LHB + LAO
- Sikandar Raza: RHB+RAO
- Wesley Madhevere: RHB+RAO
- Ryan Burl: RHB+RAL
- R Mutumbami: RHB
- B Mavuta: RHB+RAL
- Donald Tiripano: RAM
- Blessing Muzarabani: RAM
- R Ngarava: LAM
Team Break Up:
Main Batters: Sean Williams, Wesley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza,
Main Spinners: Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza and B Mavuta
Main Pacers: B Muzarabani, D Tiripano and R Ngarava
Death Overs: B Muzarabani, and R Ngarava
Performance in this series:
- T Kamunhukamwe: 44,
- T Musakanda: 18,
- S Williams: 22+14/0(1),
- R Burl: 2+24/1(3),
- S Raza: 22+16/0(2),
- R Mutumbami: 15,
- W Madhevere: 2,
- D Tripano: 6+46/0(4),
- B Mavuta: 10+13/0(2),
- R Ngarava: 43/2(4),
- B Muzarabani: 38/2(4),
Players Stats and Recent Performances:
R Mutumbami(RHB):
H2H: 5 I, 79 R, 19.8 A, 114.5 SR
VENUE:
CAREER STATS: 24 M, 21 I, 315 R, 18.52 A, 118.42 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 20, 1,(ODI): 17, 19, 0,
R Chakabva(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 81 R, 81.0 A, 150.0 SR
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 12 M, 12 I, 159 R, 14.45 A, 118.65 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(ODI): 11, 2, 34,
W Madhevere(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 5 M, 5 I, 107 R, 26.75 A, 188.88 SR+ 4 I,8 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 70, 24, 9,(ODI): 33, 10, 55,
P Masvaure(LHB+LAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 35 M, 29 I, 476 R, 17.0 A, 105.30 SR+ 20 I, 39 O, 8 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(DOM): 8, 100,
K Kasuza(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 29 M, 27 I, 492 R, 18.92 A, 108.37 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(DOM): 39, 18, 2,
M Shumba(RHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 5 M, 4 I, 23 R, 11.50 A, 59.97 SR+ 2 I, 4 O, 5 W,
LAST FIVE MATCHES(T20I): 11+28/1,(T20D): 0,
T Musakanda(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 6 M, 6 I, 98 R, 16.33 A, 122.50 SR,(T20D): 20 M, 19 I, 478 R, 34.14 A, 114.62 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(DOM): 40, 4, 7, 0,
T Kamunhukamwe(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 2 M, 2 I, 38 R, 19.0 A, 126.66 SR,(T20D): 12 M, 12 I, 109 R, 9.08 A, 100.92 SR
LAST FIVE MATCHES(T20I): 28, 10,(DOM): 1, 51, 4,
S Raza(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 7 I, 156 R, 22.3 A, 126.8 SR+ 5 I, 9 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
CAREER STATS: 36 M, 34 I, 442 R, 13.0 A, 104.49 SR+ 26 I, 56 O,12 W,
LAST FIVE MATCHES(T20I): 7+19/0, 7+20/0,(ODI): 8+45/1, 2+23/1, 45+42/0,
S Williams(LHB+LAO, Scored 2 centuries in the Test series):
H2H: 5 I, 104 R, 26.0 A, 120.09 SR+ 5 I, 18 O, 5 W,
VENUE:
CAREER STATS: 42 M, 42 I, 882 R, 23.83 A, 128.94+ 41 I, 132 O, 32 W,
LAST FIVE MATCHES(T20I): 20+31/0, 3+16/0, (ODI): 4, 75+31/1, 118+37/0,
B Mavuta(RHB+RAL):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 3 M, 3 I, 2 W
R Burl(RAL):
H2H: 3 I, 63 R, 21.0 A, 91.3 SR+ 4 I, 6 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 19 M, 19 I, 295 R, 24.58 A, 115.02 SR+ 16 I, 43 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCHES(T20I): 8, 32 , 1+27/0,(T20D): 2+9/1,
B Muzarabani(RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 8 O, 4 W,
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 9 M, 9 I, 33 O, 13 W,(T20D): 13 M, 12 I, 41 O, 14 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 26/2, 33/2, 13/0,(ODI): 39/2, 48/0, 49/5,
R Ngarava(LAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 3 M, 3 I, 11 O, 3 W,(T20D): 16 M, 15 I, 50 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 37/1, 28/0,(ODI): 49/0, 25/0, 62/2,
W Masakadza(LAO):
H2H: 3 I, 9 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 13 M, 13 I, 42 O, 13 W(T20D): 29 M, 29 I, 99 O, 32 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 11+19/1(T20D): 20/1,(DOM): 49/0, 22/0, 39/0, 51/0,
D Tiripano(RAM, can bat also):
H2H: 3 I, 10 O, 2 W,
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 13 M, 13 I, 42 O, 11 W,+ 9 I, 92 R, 13 A
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 15+18/0, 28+17/0,( ODI): 55+55/2, 15+65/0, 39/2
F Akram:
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 5 M, 5 I, 12 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 12/0, (DOM): 39/0,
V Nyauchi(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 5 M, 5 I, 17 O, 7 W+ (LISTA): 35 M, 35 I, 242 O, 43 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(DOM): 52/0, 33/0, 37/3,
